Lehigh

Lehigh, Pennsylvania

2007

2002

% change

516

618

- 17

84,643 acres

91,304 acres

-7

164 acres

148 acres

+ 11

$72,059,000

$49,869,000

+ 44

Average Per Farm

$139,650

$80,694

+ 73

Government Payments

$984,000

$1,294,000

- 24

$7,397

$10,186

- 27

Number of Farms Land in Farms Average Size of Farm Market Value of Production Crop Sales $52,569,000 (73 percent) Livestock Sales $19,490,000 (27 percent)

Average Per Farm

Lehigh, Pennsylvania Ranked items among the 67 state counties and 3,079 U.S. counties, 2007 Item

Quantity

State Rank

Universe 1

U.S. Rank

Universe 1

MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000) Total value of agricultural products sold Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse Value of livestock, poultry, and their products

72,059 52,569 19,490

23 8 36

67 67 67

1,212 816 1,539

3,076 3,072 3,069

16,470 (D) (-) 2,766 3,532 25,406 (D) 4,112 (D) 748 4,832 1,273 142 (D) (D) 61

6 (D) (-) 18 8 7 (D) 11 (D) 57 52 25 29 (D) (D) 50

67 19 (-) 67 66 65 66 66 67 67 65 66 66 67 59 67

1,052 (D) (-) 486 228 128 (D) 404 (D) 2,694 742 857 842 (D) (D) 1,264

2,933 437 626 2,796 2,659 2,703 1,710 3,054 3,020 3,054 2,493 2,922 2,998 3,024 1,498 2,875

22,848 (D) 4,127 3,573

23 11 28 58

67 62 66 67

611 (D) 910 2,601

3,024 1,544 2,958 3,060

(D)

(D)

63

(D)

2,371

30,189 16,140 9,890 7,875 1,674

7 7 55 7 9

66 61 67 60 67

776 900 1,729 798 388

2,634 2,039 3,060 2,481 2,794

VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000) Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas Tobacco Cotton and cottonseed Vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes Fruits, tree nuts, and berries Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops Other crops and hay Poultry and eggs Cattle and calves Milk and other dairy products from cows Hogs and pigs Sheep, goats, and their products Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys Aquaculture Other animals and other animal products TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number) Layers Pheasants Hogs and pigs Cattle and calves Turkeys 3 TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) Corn for grain Soybeans for beans Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop Wheat for grain, all Vegetables harvested, all

Other County Highlights Economic Characteristics Farms by value of sales Less than $1,000 $1,000 to $2,499 $2,500 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $249,999 $250,000 to $499,999 $500,000 or more Total farm production expenses ($1,000) Average per farm ($) Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) Average per farm ($)

Quantity 131 47 37 54 63 15 50 12 31 31 20 25 70,023 135,704 7,534 14,601

Operator Characteristics

Quantity

Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming Other

258 258

Principal operators by sex: Male Female

429 87

Average age of principal operator (years)

56.9

2

All operators by race: American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race All operators 2 of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin

(D) Cannot be disclosed. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes. 1 Universe is number of counties in state or U.S. with item. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 3 Items with a rank that cannot be disclosed are separated by a blank line, position in table does not indicate rank.

6 1 (-) (-) 773 7 2